A Comparison of Terminally Ill Persons at Various Time Periods to Death

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13630367
AutoresRobert J Baugher (Highline College, Des Moines, Washington, autor de correspondencia), Candice Burger (Vanderbilt University), Roberta A Smith (Vanderbilt University), Roberta Smith (Vanderbilt University), Kenneth A Wallston (0000-0001-6310-0306, Vanderbilt University), Kenneth Wallston (Vanderbilt University)
Año1990
Volumen20
Número2
Páginas103-115
Fecha de publicación1990-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/6aw2-hq7n-3qch-4908
OpenAlexW2032563609
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas7

A cross-sectional comparison was made of the responses of 1,110 terminally ill persons with cancer at varying time periods prior to death. In addition, a longitudinal analysis on a subgroup of this sample was conducted for self-reported mood changes and social interaction changes as death approached. Two theories, Disengagement and Objective Self-Awareness, which suggest that people nearing death would increase in their desire to separate from others, were not supported. In general, there were few differences in the responses of persons further from, or closer to, death. The mention of religion as a source of support was less common among persons closer to death. Finally, awareness of one's demise had an effect only on one's responses regarding the role of other people in the life of the terminally ill person

Demise · Disengagement theory · Medical emergency · Mood · Palliative care · Psychiatry · Terminally ill · Time of death · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Gerontology